Bible: Mark 3:13-19
Appointing the Twelve Apostles
3:13 Now 1 Jesus went up the mountain 2 and called for those he wanted, and they came to him. 3:14 He 3 appointed twelve (whom he named apostles 4 ), 5 so that they would be with him and he could send them to preach 3:15 and to have authority to cast out demons. 3:16 He appointed twelve: 6 To Simon 7 he gave the name Peter; 3:17 to James and his brother John, the sons of Zebedee, 8 he gave the name Boanerges (that is, “sons of thunder”); 3:18 and Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, 9 Matthew, Thomas, 10 James the son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, 11 Simon the Zealot, 12 3:19 and Judas Iscariot, 13 who betrayed him. 14
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